Where does “menekkiteos” come from?

menekkiteos (Finnish) comes from Finnish teos, from Finnish tehdä, from Proto-Finnic tektäk, from Proto-Uralic teke-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

menekkiteos (Finnish): bestseller book

Definitions

  1. bestseller book

Ancestry of “menekkiteos”, step by step

menekkiteos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish teos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishteoswork; oeuvre, opus
2Finnishtehdäto do, perform, execute; to make, manufacture; to...
3Proto-Finnictektäkto do; to make
4Proto-Uralicteke-to do; to put, to place
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

via Finnish menekki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmenekkiconsumption, sales, demand
2Finnishmennäto go; to take, pass, spend, go
3Proto-Finnicmendäkto go
4Proto-Uralicmene-to go
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Uralic teke- →Every word from Proto-Finnic tektäk →